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Primary elections take place on Tuesday, Aug. 5, 2014.

All candidates who have qualified for partisan primary ballots are Democrats. No Republicans have filed in any ward. In Wards 1, 2 and 3, the Democratic primary is contested.

Ward 4 does not offer a contested race. Graydon Krapohl, a Democrat who is currently vice chair of the park advisory commission, is the only person who has qualified for the ballot.

The race in Ward 5 is also uncontested, practically speaking. Leon Bryson, who will appear on the Democratic primary ballot, has announced that he’s withdrawn his candidacy and won’t campaign for the seat. That means that one-term incumbent Chuck Warpehoski is almost certain to prevail in the primary.

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Below are .mp3 files of candidate responses from the event edited together by ward and sorted by ward:

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Re: “So Mr. Krapohl didn’t feel it was necessary to show up?” Krapohl had a training exercise associated with his military service that he was attending instead. A statement was read aloud on his behalf.

Re (2) & (3) Mr. Krapohl was unable to attend because he had a military service obligation. Mr. Krapohl sent a message explaining his absence which was read to those in attendance. As I recall, his military service obligations will end before he takes office. I do hope we don’t disparage him for his service to our country.

@5 Jack, I’ve worked for the Department of Veterans Affairs for most of my career so I don’t need a reminder about disparaging anyone for their military service. I don’t know a great deal about Mr. Krapohl other than he was hand picked by Leah Gunn and supported by all the usual suspects. I expect my represantives to show up for debates and show up for work on Council. Other than you, that hasn’t always been the case in the 4th Ward. Hopefully the candidate will make himself available in a public forum, even if he’s running unopposed.

I suppose it doesn’t matter since Mr. Krapohl isn’t on the August primary ballot in the 4th Ward according to the Ann Arbor City Clerk site. Since he has no opposition, when you vote for the rest of the races, you don’t have a change to leave his name blank or write in anyone in protest. Nice.

MICATS (Michigan Coalition Against Tar Sands) is reporting that two of its protesters have been arrested for locking their necks with bicycle U-locks to pipeline construction trucks being used for the Enbridge Line 6B pipeline expansion. [Source]

In a roundup of the lineup for the Aug. 5, 2014 primary elections, we overstated by one year Ward 5 councilmember Chuck Warpehoski’s length of service as a council representative on the city’s environmental commission. He served in that capacity during his first year on the council. We note the error here and have corrected the original article.